INDEX 



459 



Paradoxical contraction, 81 

 Paralysis of laryngeal nerves, 325 

 Paramyosinogen, 39 

 Parathyroid, 408 

 Parotid gland, 338 

 nerve supply, 347 

 reflex stimulation of, 347 

 Partial pressure of oxygen and carbon 



dioxide in blood, 315 

 pressure of gases in air vesicle, 



317 

 Passage of carbon dioxide from tissues 



to blood, 320 

 of oxygen from blood to tissues, 



319 

 Pavlov, effect of diet ou gastric juice, 



353 



pancreatic fistulse, 362 

 Penis, 434 

 Pepsin, 72, 353 

 fate of, 373 

 source of, 353 

 Pepsinogen, 353 

 Peptic glands, 339 

 Peptone, 11, 205, 351, 361 

 Perfusion method of studying action of 



drugs, 278 

 Pericardium, 227 

 Perichondrium, 31 

 Perilymph, 142, 148 

 Perineurium, 76 

 Peripheral resistance, 276 

 Peristalsis of bladder wall, 427 

 of intestine, 375 

 nervous mechanism of, 375 

 of wall of ureter, 427 

 wave of, 71 



Petrosal nerve, small superficial, 347 

 Peyer's patches, 341 

 Pfliiger's experiments on protein diet, 



395 



law of contraction, 81 

 Phagocyte action, 203 

 Pharynx, 338 



nerve supply of, 343 

 Phenol, 372, 418 

 Phenylhydrazin, 330 

 Phloiidzin, injection of, 387 



poisoning, 389 

 Phosphocarnic acid, 333 

 Phospho- protein, 431 

 Phosphorus-containing bodies in the 



urine, 420 et seq. 

 Phototaxis, 15 

 Phrenic nerves, 306 

 Pigment cells, 30 

 Pigments of the urine, 421 

 Pillars of the fauces, 338 

 Pilocarpine, effect on sweat glands, 

 430 



Pitch of sounds, 146, 325 

 Pituitary body, 406 



injection of extracts of, 406 

 Placenta, 438 

 Plasma, 202 et seq. 

 Plasmodia, 1 

 Plethysniogrnph, 277 

 Pleura, complemental, 299 

 Pleural cavity, 295 

 Plexus, hypogastiic, 154 

 Auerbach's, 343 

 Meissner's, 343 

 PohPs observations on leucocytosis, 



380 



Polar excitation, law of, 46 

 Polycrotic waves, 266 



pulse, 268 

 Polymerisation of monosaccharids, 



330 

 Polymorpho-nuclear leucocytes (see 



Leucocytes) 

 Polysaccliarids, 331 

 Pons Varolii, 173 

 Portal circulation, 343 



vein, 343 



Positive accommodation, 124 et seq. 

 accommodation, varying power of, 



124 



Posterior corpora quadrigemina, 179 

 Poteriodendron, 7-3 

 Precipitins, 413 

 Predicrotic wave, 266 

 Preformed sulpliate in urine, 418 

 Preganglionic fibres, 152 

 Presbyopia, 127 

 Pressure, arterial, 272 



arterial, factors controlling, 276 

 Primitive nerve sheath, 75 

 Propionic acid, 445 

 Prostate gland, 433 

 Protagon, 76 

 Protein metabolism, 392 

 Proteins, 6 et seq. 



as they leave the alimentary 



canal. 379 

 of blood, 204, 206 

 conjugated, 11 

 conversion into fat, 386 

 diet, 395 



energy value of, 328 

 native, 10 

 requirements, 400 

 sparers, 397 

 Proteolytic period, 351 

 Proteoses, 11 

 Prothrombin, 204 

 Protopathic sensibility, 111 

 Protoplasm, 1 et seq. 



cell, 13 

 Proto-proteoses, 11, 351 



